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Silver Hawks Lose Another Midwest League All-Star: Another Midwest League All-Star has been promoted to
Last week center fielder Evan Frey, the Hawks leading hitter, made the jump to
Outfielder Collin Cowgill, drafted by the Diamondbacks in the fifth round this year from the
The Hawks were idle last night. The Quad City River Bandits visit the Cove the rest of the week; game time tonight is 7 p.m. with an afternoon game tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.
Uncle Ron’s MLB Roundup: The Cubs countered the Brewers’ acquisition of CC Sabathia by obtaining RHP Rich Harden from the A’s in a 6-player deal.
The Cubs get Harden—who is 5-1 in 13 games this season with a 2.34 ERA—and RHP Chad Gaudin—who pitched for Lou Piniella at
The A’s get pitcher Sean Gallagher, Matt Murton, Eric Patterson, and Josh Donaldson.
Sabathia gave up five hits and two earned runs in six innings in his National League debut but he still got the win as the Brewers remained four games behind the Cubs.
Rick Dempster improved his record to 10-0 at home as the Cubs remained 3.5 games ahead of the second place Cardinals. Mike Fontenot and Geovany Soto (16) homered for the Cubs. Dempster and Harden are both from
The Cubs can now match the Brewers’ rotation of Ben Sheets and Sabathia with Carlos Zambrano, Dempster, and Harden. The Cubs also still have some promising young mound prospects even with the trade of Gallagher.
The White Sox increased their lead in the AL Central to 2.5 games with the help of a Red Sox win over the Twins. The Red Sox closed the gap in the East to 3 games as the Rays lost their second in a row after a seven-game streak.
The Angels lost, but still maintain a five game lead in the AL West and a 54-36 record—which matches the Cubs.
The Phillies lead the Marlins in the NL East by 1.5 games and the Diamondbacks are the only NL West team at or above .500 with a 45-45 record. The D’Backs lead the Dodgers by one game.
MLB NL: Cubs 7, Reds 3; Pirates 4, Asros 3; Cardinals 2, Phillies 0; Mets 7, Giants 0; Diamondbacks 2, Nationals 0; Brewers 7,
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MLS Scores: No games scheduled. .
WNBA Scores: Mystics 50, Fever 48; Mercury 99, Comets 94; Shock 88, Sun 82; Storm 79, Monarchs 64; Silver Stars 83,
.Uncle Ron’s WNBA Roundup: Diana Taurasi reached 3,000 career points in fewer games than any WNBA player with a 30-point effort last night for the Mercury ((9-9).
Tina Thompson led the Comets (9-10) with 23 points.
The Mystics (7-11) outscored the Fever (9-9) 20-8 in the fourth quarter to pull out their win.
The Shock took a ½ game lead over the Sun in the Eastern Conference with their 4-point win.
The Storm (12-7) are the only team in
Sue Bird led the Storm in their win over the Monarchs (8-11) with 16 points, five rebounds, and nine assists.
Good news and bad news for former Notre Dame All-American Ruth Riley. Her Silver Star team (13-6) has the best record in the Western Conference but she has had to accept a backup role to Ann Wauters at center. Wauters scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the Stars win over the
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TV Schedule: 16—8-10 p.m., Baby Borrowers (two episodes); 22—8 p.m., Price is Right Million Dollar Spectacular; 9 p.m., Criminal Minds; 25—8 p.m., America’s Next Top Model; 9 p.m., Pussycat Dolls Present Girlicious; 28—8-10 p.m., So You Think Can Dance (2-hour episode); 46—8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., Making Healthy Choices; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57—8 p.m., Wife Swap; 9 p.m., Supernanny; 69---8 p.m., Under One Roof; 8:30 p.m., Whacked Out Videos; 9-10 p.m., Twilight Zone (two episodes).
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